The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has plans to open a western regional office in Irvine, further emphasizing the national party’s hopes of picking up House seats in Orange County. Western regional staff has been headquartered in Washington D.C. since at least the 2004 election cycle.
“Moving out west is one of the improvements that we’re making at the DCCC in order to maximize gains in the midterms,” said Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, chairman of the committee.
Of the 23 GOP districts that Hillary Clinton won nationwide last year, four are in Orange County.